If you’re on a legacy plan—available to subscribers before July 2, 2024—this guide explains what’s included, what limitations may apply, and what happens if you make changes to your billing or team. It also covers how legacy plans differ from our current offerings and what to expect going forward.
How to Stay on Your Legacy Plan
To keep your legacy pricing and features, follow these guidelines:
- Keep your current billing cycle—monthly or annual—unchanged. Switching between them will move you to a current plan.
- Stay current with your subscription payments—if you miss a payment and are downgraded, you'll have to re-subscribe to one of our current offerings. Learn more about failed payments
- You can add or remove Drive members under your current terms. You can also downgrade or update member roles as needed without affecting your plan.
- You can continue to purchase extra transcription hours at $2/hour.
- If you’ve scheduled a downgrade but change your mind before the end of your billing cycle (when the downgrade takes effect), you can cancel the downgrade and instead stay on your legacy plan.
If you upgrade to a new plan, you’ll permanently lose access to your legacy plan. This change is final and cannot be undone. Please consider carefully before making any updates, as there’s no way to return to your legacy plan once the switch is made.
Plan Name Changes
As part of our effort to simplify and improve our plan structure, we’ve renamed legacy plans to better reflect their current features and use cases. If you’re on a legacy plan, here’s how the names have changed:
- Creator Plan → Hobbyist (Legacy)
- Pro Plan → Creator (Legacy)
- EDU/NFP Plan → EDU/NFP (Legacy)
Even though the names have changed, your pricing and features remain the same. These updates are meant to make it easier to understand how legacy plans relate to our current offerings—there’s no impact unless you choose to switch plans.
For details of existing legacy plans, please see the table below:
|
Feature |
Hobbyist (Legacy) |
EDU/NFP (Legacy) |
Creator (Legacy) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transcription | |||
| Transcription Hours (per editor) | 10 hr/month | 4 hr/month | 30 hr/month |
| Multi-language Transcription | 23 languages | 23 languages | 23 languages |
| Detect Speakers | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multitrack Transcription | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Transcription Glossary | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Editing | |||
| Projects | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Dynamic Captions | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Transitions | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Animations | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Custom Font Upload | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| AI Features | |||
| Studio Sound | Up to 60m files | Up to 60m files | Unlimited |
| Green Screen | Up to 60m files | Up to 60m files | Unlimited |
| Eye Contact | Up to 60m files | Up to 60m files | Unlimited |
| Filler word removal | “Um” & “Uh” only | “Um” & “Uh” only | 18 repeated & filler words |
| Shorten word gaps | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Underlord | |||
| Underlord (Basic AI Suite) |
20 uses/month | 20 uses/month | Unlimited |
| Edit for clarity | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Remove retakes | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Add chapters | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Automatic Multicam | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Image generation | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Center active speaker | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Repurpose media: Create clips, highlights | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Export: Draft social/blog posts, show notes, summarize | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Write: Draft script/outline, Brainstorm, Rewrite | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Custom prompts | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Underlord (Advanced AI Suite) |
0 uses |
0 uses |
Unlimited |
| Translate with dubbing | ❌ | ❌ | 30 min/month of audio dubbing |
| Underlord (Professional AI Suite) |
0 uses | 0 uses | 0 uses |
| Translation with correction | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| AI Speech | |||
| Legacy plans use an older AI voice model. To get access to the latest model with improved tone and pacing, you'll need to upgrade to a current plan. | |||
| Text-to-speech | Unlimited minutes (stock AI speakers only) | Unlimited minutes (stock AI speakers only) | Unlimited minutes |
| Regenerate | Unlimited minutes (stock AI speakers only) | Unlimited minutes (stock AI speakers only) | Unlimited minutes |
| Avatars | |||
| Avatar minutes | 5 mins/month | 5 mins/month | 10 mins/month |
| Custom avatars | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Remote Recording | |||
| Remote hours (per editor) | 10 hr/month | 10 hr/month | 30 hr/month |
| Separate audio and video tracks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Shows | 5 | 5 | Unlimited |
| Integrations | 2 | 2 | Unlimited |
| Participants | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Iso and Mix audio tracks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Video and screen recording | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Layout packs | |||
| Use Descript stock layout packs | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Create and share custom layout packs | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Premium stock library | |||
| Search result limitations | First 12 results | First 12 results | Unlimited |
| Collaboration | |||
| Commenting | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Live collaboration | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Basic seats | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Media File Uploads | |||
| Advanced media formats (ProRes, Quicktime RLE) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| File size | Up to 50GB | Up to 50GB | Up to 50GB |
| File resolution | Up to 5k | Up to 5k | Up to 5k |
| File bitrate | Up to 1gbps | Up to 1gbps | Up to 1gbps |
| Export | |||
| Watermark-free export | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Video export resolution (local destination) | 4k | 4k | 4K |
| Video export resolution (Descript web link) | 1080p | 1080p | 4K |
| Video export duration | 1 hour | 1 hour | 3 hours |
| Audio export duration | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Shareable pages and links | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Batch file export | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| White-labeled share pages | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Timeline export | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Storage | |||
| Cloud storage limit | 100 GB | 100 GB | 1 TB |
| Management & Security | |||
| Custom drive and page branding | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Support | |||
| Self-serve knowledge base | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Email support | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Priority support (with SLA) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| In-app live chat support | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if I switch my plan or miss a payment?
Switching your plan or missing a payment can result in losing your legacy status. This change would move you to a new plan structure with different features and pricing.
Can I add new members to my legacy plan?
Yes, you can add new members to your legacy plan without affecting your current terms. New members will be added under the same feature set and pricing as existing members on the plan.
Can I add the new Viewer seat to my legacy plan?
No. Legacy plans will only have the option to add or remove basic and editor seats.
Do I keep my existing Basic members when transitioning to a Business plan?
Yes, upon transitioning to the business plan, you will keep your existing Basic members.
When transitioning to non-legacy plans, what happens to my Basic members?
Upon transitioning to non-legacy plans, your Basic members are automatically converted to Viewer members with view/comment permissions only. See Drive membership types.
Where can I find more details about the new plan offerings?
Please visit our current plans and pricing page for a detailed overview of our new and updated plans.
Need Help or More Information?
For more detailed information on each feature or if you have specific questions, you can also contact our support team or reply to an open request.